Draining system for mausoleums



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smi-:lar OFFICE.

' THOMAS F. CULLINAN, on raovrnnivcn, RHODE ISLAND.Y

DRAINING `sY'sfrEivr ron MAUsoLEUMs.

fappiieation ineaY octoberi, 1926. seriai No. 139,477.

lThis invention relates to an improved construction of mausoleuml which,is provided with a plurality of. crypts or vaultsi for Vthe receptionof bodies; and the object ofv this invention is to provide such abuilding with a drainage system whereby the Huid from the bodies in thecrypts will be'conducted away and rain water is caused to flush thedrain pipes and keep them clean.

Ay further object ofthe invention is to provide rain-receiving conductorpipes eX- tending down vthrough wthe Vroof past the crypts and toprovide a drainage from each crypt of a stack into this conductor.` andto connect ythis conductor to a main discharge pipe andr to arrange thepiping above the roof so as to-collect rain water to iush and cleanboth4` the. main and individual conductor pipes.

With these and otherobjectsin view, the invention consists" of certainnovel features of construction, as willv be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out inthe appended claims. i Y Y In theaccompanying drawings: f `Figure l `is a plan viewof oneform of myimproved construction of mausoleum showing the-*general arrangement ofpiping for draining the individual crypts of a stack or plurality ofstacks therein.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing lthe arrangement of vertical conductorpipes as communicating with each individual crypt and these conductorpipes as being connect ed to a main conductor pipe and kthearranglementfor flushing both sets of pipes kby rain water. r

Figure 3 shows the general arrangement of drainage piping, the catchbasin and the arrangement forv collecting rain water for iiushin'g boththe indivi lual Vconductor and the main conductors.

Figure 4 isa detailed view shewing the Y-shaped fittings which areconnected to" the individual conductors to communicate with the .stacksof crypts ron either side of the conductor. l

Figure is a detail showing thegreatly enlarged rain-collectingreceptacley located on the upper end of the individual conductor -pipesto receive a certain, amount of water and direct it into the pipe tolflush out" the drainage of the lcrypts deposited therein thecryptsof amausoleum that a 'certain amount of fluid is deposited on the floorthereof and in order to keep the crypts free. from odors it is necessaryto drain them and flush the drain pipe. Therefore, to accomplish thisiushing action automatically, I have providedV a conductor for each pairof stacks of crypts which conductor may be set into the wall between thestacks. This conductor is provided with Y-shaped fittings the branchesthereofl being arrangedto receive the drainage fromV the crypts. Thisconductor is positioned to empty intoa main drain conduct-or pipe at itslower end and its upper end extends out through the roof and isprovidedv with an venlargement for col- .It is known thatwhere bodiesare placed' lecting rainwater which runs down through Y the pipe to Hushthe same. Also, it is found that the down iow of water through theseconductors creates a partial vacuuml in the crypt, which serves to drawthe moisture and the air from the cryptV toy assist in its ventilation,which is the, subject of my copending application of even date herewith.Also the main discharge conductor to whicha series of these individualconductors are connected is flushed by action of rain water through themain rain water receiving conducting pipe, whereby ythe whole pipingsystem is kept clean automatically; andthe following is a= detaileddescription of the present embodiment of my invention andinclinedtowards each other and to a given point therein so astoi-'eceive and conduct the fluids/deposited from the bodies to thislower point to be conducted away. A coni ductor pipe l2 extends from apoint above the roof 13 down through the wall le between the pairslofcrypts7 vwhich conductor Cil pipe is provided with Y-shaped fittings tocommunicate with the opposite ervptsl et each pair to conduct thedrainage trom their low point into the conductor 1Q. This arrangement isrepeated with eaeh sueeessive pair oit superimposed crypte. The lowerend ot this pipe 12 is eouneeted through a litting 16 with thehorizontally-disposed drain pipe 1T into whieh a series oi anpY numberot these Conductor pipes 12 may discharge. @n the upper end ot eaohConductor pipe above the root, an enlarged funnel-shaped rain reeeptacle1&3 which is of a size to eolleet the necessarY amount et rain water andeaeh is provided with a sereen la, see Figure l, to exclude insects fromthe pipe. whereby the rain collected in these reeeptaeles will run downthrough the pipes and keep them elean and atI the saine time this rapidrunning' ot the water down through the pipe will draw out the moistureand any it'oul air whieh ma)7 have aeeuinulated in the crvpts with whichit eonnected.

In order to Hush out these horixontallvdisposed discharge pipes 1T towhieh the individual drain pipes are ronneeted, l have provided awater-tight catch basin 19 into which one end '120 et this maindischarge pipe extends with a thiwuwardl)T turned exi treinity which isarranged to project below the normal water line therebyY providinp` awater seal lor this end et the pipe.

And in order to provide water lor llnshingr this eateh basin, I havearranged a stand pipe Q? on the upper end Q3 ot wliirh is formed ascreen and this end is arranged to receive a relatively large quantityof rain water :trom the root oit Athe mausoleum and conduct the samedown into the eateh basin7 whereby7 the level of the rain water uponbeing discharged thereiuto will rise in the horizontal pipe 1T and liowout therethrough to flush and keep it clean. This pipe 13T near itsdischarge end is provided with a trap 2st just before it enters Athesewer at its discharge end. Also, this pipe 17 is pro vided. with a ventE outside the wall Ztl ot the mausoleum.

The eateh basin is provided with a manhole eover LST which may beremoved and entered lier the purpose of cleaning out the basin whennecessary.

illy improved draining` system for mausoleunis is verj7 simple andelteetive, is automatically operated by being arranged to collect therain water iter the purpose et tiushinp` the drainage and keeping' thepipes clean.

The foregoing` deseription is directed sole- .ly towards theconstruction illustrated, but

I desire it to be understood that. I reserve the privilege et resortingto all the meehanieal changes to which the device is susceptible,

the invention beine` defined and limited only by the terms oit theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a mausoleum having?r a root and a stach et civpts or vaults underthe roof7 the eombination et an open-ended rain receiving eondlu'torpipe attending through the root and means cominunieating` with thecrypte ol said stack to drain the liquid :trom the saine into saidconductor pipe whereby the rain water will run down through said pipe toclean the drainage therefrom.

In a mausoleum having a roof and a stael; ot erypts or vaults under theroot, the combination of a drain pipe in the loor ot each crypt, thelloor beingf inclined towards said draiii, an openended rain receivingpipe extending` through the root and down past and connected to saiddrain pipes to eoaduet rain water down through the pipe to wash thedrainage therefrom.

3.1i mausoleum having two verticallydisposed rows et crypts or vaultswith a wall between them, a conductor pipe in said wallA leadinpl fromthe root down to the sewer below, drain pipes Connecting` each cryptwith said conductor, the tloor of said Crypt being inclined to its drainpipe said Conluetor having an enlargement above the root to assist incatching the desired supply ot rain water.

.l. In a mausoleum having a roof and a sarl; et erypts or vaults underthe root, the combination et a drain pipe in the Hoor ol each erypt, thelloer beinpgl inclined towards said drain7 and au open-ended rainreceiving pipe extending through the roof and `down past and Connectedto said drain pipes to conduct rain water down through the pipe to washthe drainage therefrom, the d ain pipe zbove the root being providedwith a rain-reeelrim;l enlargement and eonneeted at its lower end to awaste.

5. In a mausoleum, a door, a root, a pluralit)y ot vertical rows` otcrypte, a catch basin below the door, a main rain water conlIU ductorleading' troni the root' into said basin,

a horizontally-disposed drain pipe .leading trom said basin to thesewer, a plurality ot vertically-disposeffl rows of crypte between thelloo' and roo'li, a Conductor pipe leading` trom the root down into saidhori- Zontal drain pipe, and a drain from each eijvpt connected to saidconductor pipe, whereby the rain water collected in said eonduetor iscaused to lush the drainage there- ,trom into said horizontal waste pipeandV said horizontal pipe be `llushed by the rain water aecumulating;`in said basin.

(l. In a mausoleum, a door, a roof, a plurality ol" vertical rows oterypts, a cateh basin below the door, a main rain water eondueterleadinpn from the root into said basin, a horizontally-disposed drainpipe havingr one end turned down and extending below the Water line insaid basin to seat the Same, its opposite end leading to the sewer,Crypte between the floor andvroof, conductor pipes, an enlarged raincollecting head above the roofr leading directly into Said horizontalpipe, drains from the crypte connected to said Conductor drain pipewhereby the rain collected therein is caused to Hush out the drainageinto the horizontal pipe, said latter pipe being flushed from theniainrain conductor and basin.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

THOMAS F. CULLINAN.

